More Brian White

As a follow-up to the interview I had with offensive coordinator Brian White Wednesday night, here are a few more blurbs.

Now that offensive line coach Bob Wylie has admitted to instructional problems on his part last season, which followed a recent admission here on the blog by head coach Greg Robinson that the offensive staff did a bad job of coaching the screen pass last season, well, it's more evidence of coaching issues.

I asked White if he found coaching issues that he had to resolve or change:

"I can tell you this, there aren't any problems with the offensive coaching staff that I've had to deal with, from a technical, professional, working environment standpoint. These are very qualified and good football coaches that I've enjoyed working with."

Did you have to change how the staff coached as a staff? Was there something from last season ...

"I wasn't here. I can't tell you that. I can't answer those questions because I didn't experience last year. I can tell you this - regardless of where you're at or what you do in this profession, good coaching staffs are on the same page and my job as an offensive coordinator is to make sure before we go out to practice, before we play a game, that we are collectively on the same page. So that if you're talking to Chris White or Desmond Robinson, we're all speaking the same language and there's a commonality amongst us. We can go to a clinic and all talk and everyone's going to understand what they're saying."

Got to be pressure on you to take over a 1-10 team with offensive problems.

"There's no pressure on me. I absolutely am excited to be here. Excited to work with this group. If that's pressure, I'll gladly inherit that."

Neither of the fullbacks distinguished themselves or got lost in what happened last season. Do you have a plan for them?

"I really feel very comfortable with both Breyone (Evans) and Tony (Fiammetta) . I think they're extremely talented young men. I haven't really had the luxury of working with Stephen (McDonald), who is working in a limited capacity (because of injury), but he was a starter last year and I think he's got ability. That will be a position of depth on the football team. We'll utilize them. That is a position, everyone is always asking if they're going to get more carries, it just doesn't happen as much any more. It's sort of a dying breed position a little bit. But these are very unselfish guys that can run and catch. They're strong and physical."

If Andrew Robinson is the future, what role does Joe Fields have?

"Joe's role like every other player's role here is to perform to the best of their ability and help us win football games. And Joe has plenty of ability. Everybody needs to make sure they don't put any unfair expectations on Andrew Robinson and lets develop him and make sure when he plays he's ready to play. If he's ready to play early, we'll play him. If he isn't ready to play early, we won't play him."

Got another position in mind for Joe?

"Right now, no. He's the quarterback. He's a guy that continues to get better."

Are you doing things in the passing game different that are outside the West Coast philosophy?

"No."

Any hints what you're trying to add schematically?

"We're trying to become very efficient throwing the quick game and we're trying to really work getting the ball down the field with some hard play-action passes. We've got to be able to take some shots. Those are some things that are points of emphasis."